different between pelter vs pewter

English

Etymology

pelt +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt?(r)

Noun

pelter (plural pelters)

1. One who pelts.
   • 1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent

     Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the pelter.

   • 2008, Outlook (volume 48, number 35, page 20)

     Young stone-pelters took to the streets and faced armed police who fired straight at them, killing several.

2. (sometimes figuratively) A pelting; a shower of missiles, rain, anger, etc.
3. (dated) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

Anagrams

• petrel

English

Alternative forms

• pewtre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pju?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pjut?/, [?pju??]
• Rhymes: -u?t?(?)

Noun

pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)

1. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
2. (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
3. Items made of pewter; pewterware.
4. A beer tankard made from pewter.
   • 1876, Edward Jenkins, The Devil's Chain (page 86)

     The room was arranged by low wooden partitions into bays, where eight or ten men could sit together and rest their pewters and glasses on the narrow tables between.

5. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

6. (slang, dated) Prize money.

Descendants

• ? Welsh: piwter

Translations

Adjective

pewter (not comparable)

1. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.

Translations

Verb

pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)

1. (transitive) To coat with pewter.

Derived terms

• pewterer
• pewterware

See also

• touchmark
• trifle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• pewtre, prewet